Jeremiah 49:16

Contemporary English Version 1995

Pride tricks you into thinking that other nations look at you with fear. You live along the cliffs and high in the mountains like the eagles, but I am the Lord, and I will bring you down.

Cross References

Amos 9:2

“If they dig deep into the earth or climb to the sky, I'll reach out and get them.

Isaiah 49:25

But the Lord has promised to fight on our side and to rescue our children from those strong and violent enemies.

Job 39:27

Did you train eagles to build

Proverbs 29:23

Too much pride brings disgrace; humility leads to honor.

Proverbs 16:18

Too much pride will destroy you.

Isaiah 2:21

The Lord will be fearsome, marvelous, and glorious when he comes to terrify people on earth— they will hide in caves and in the hills.

Song of Solomon 2:14

You are my dove hiding among the rocks on the side of a cliff. Let me see how lovely you are! Let me hear the sound of your melodious voice.

Proverbs 18:21

Words can bring death or life! Talk too much, and you will eat everything you say.

2 Kings 14:7

While Amaziah was king, he killed 10,000 Edomite soldiers in Salt Valley. He captured the town of Sela and renamed it Joktheel, which is still its name.

Isaiah 10:14

I have conquered the whole world! And it was easier than taking eggs from an unguarded nest. No one even flapped a wing or made a peep.

Jeremiah 49:15

Your nation will be small, yet hated by other nations.

Jeremiah 50:29

Attack Babylon, enemy archers; set up camp around the city, and don't let anyone escape. It challenged me, the holy God, so do to it what it did to other cities.

Jeremiah 51:53

Although Babylon's walls reach to the sky, the army I send will destroy that city. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Habakkuk 2:9

You're doomed! You made your family rich at the expense of others. You even said to yourself, “I'm above the law.”

Malachi 1:3

instead of Esau. And I turned Esau's hill country into a barren desert where jackals roam.

Jeremiah 48:14

You claim that your soldiers are strong and brave.